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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2003
Ian Ralph Collins, Sunbury-on-Thames, GB;
Trevor Jones, Amersham, GB;
Christopher George Osborne, Sandhurst, GB;
Ian Ralph Collins, Sunbury-on-Thames, GB;
Trevor Jones, Amersham, GB;
Christopher George Osborne, Sandhurst, GB;
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A method of introducing an oil field or gas field production chemical into a hydrocarbon-bearing porous subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprising: injecting a gelling composition comprising an aqueous liquid, an oil field or gas field production chemical, and a gellable polymer through the wellbore into the porous subterranean formation wherein the gellable polymer forms a gel within the pores of the subterranean formation thereby encapsulating the production chemical in the gel; and controllably releasing the production chemical from the gel into a formation fluid.